Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 26, 1991

I went from home to the courthouse. I opened the judicial officials' seminar, which was held on the occasion of "Judiciary Week", with a speech. I went to my office.

Mr. [Mohsen] Nurbakhsh, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] and Dr. [Mohammed Hossein] Adeli, [Chairman of the Central Bank] came and reported on the currency situation. Last year, significant amounts were credited to this year's account, but the institutions do not want to be deducted from their credits this year, and thus, we have a payment problem.

It was decided to save some money, but give the currency of the industry, and as much as the amount mentioned in the budget, Rials should be collected through the sale of free and competitive currency. It was also decided to continue the debate on the return of Iranian fugitives; From the debate between Mr. [Mohsen] Nourbakhsh, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] and Mr. Hadi Khamenei, [Member of the Militant Clergy Assembly] on TV, I expressed my satisfaction with the leadership's promise.

Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh came for foreign exchange and reconstruction. He complains about the governor of Khuzestan. [Mr. Akbar Turkan], the Minister of Defense, came with [Mr. Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi], the Chief of Staff [of the Armed Forces] and the IRGC commanders and Dr. [Hassan] Rouhani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council]. They reported on the transactions with North Korea and a decision was made.

In the evening, I attended the meeting of the government board. It was decided to allow the video televisions that some of the pilgrims bring with them to enter. Mr. [Ali] Falahian, [Information Minister] and his deputy came and reported one of the cases of espionage and corruption of the British agent. I stayed in my office at night.